U.S.Legislation Reduces Waiting Period For Green Card

The US House of Representatives has passed the “Fairness for High-Skilled Immigration Act” which was tabled before the House of Representatives by Jason Chaffetzwhich of the Republican Party in September.

The legislation reduces the waiting period for highly skilled immigrants from India and China to obtain the “green card” (allowing permanent residence in the country). The legislation is expected to be cleared soon by the US Senate too.

As per the extant regulations, a maximum of seven percent of the total green cards allowed in any given year can be allotted to the applicants from any single country. A “first-come first-served” system is sought to be introduced instead.

The existing laws make it easier for applicant from countries with fewer applicants but rather difficult for the large number of applicants from countries like China an India. It takes as much as ten years for an Indian applicant to get a Green Card under the current rules.

The current legislation remedy the situation by removing the seven percent quota per country as a result of which, in effect, the currently unutilised quotas from countries with fewer applicants will be available to one and all.

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